▪ I. youf, v. Sc.
(jaʊf)
Forms: 7 youph, yooff, 8–9 youf, yuff, 9 youff(e, yowf(f.
[Echoic. Cf. yaff.]
intr. To bark, esp. in a suppressed manner.
| 1682 Law Mem. (1818) 224 His dogs..howling, yelling, and youphing. Ibid., Howling and yooffing. a 1774 Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 6 My colley, Ringie, youf'd an yowl'd a' night. 1789 D. Davidson Seasons 41 And, Cerberus, though but just whelped, Did stan' an' yuff. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 173 A' the collies began yelpin and youffin. 1842 Whistle-Binkie Ser. iii. Last Laird o' the Auld Mint viii, A kind yowffin bark. |
So youf int. (also reduplicated) and n.
| 1842 J. Wilson Chr. North I. 18 Youf—youf—youf—go the terriers. 1866 Gregor Banffsh. Gloss., Youff, the bark of a dog. Youff conveys the notion of a softer sound than youp. |
▪ II. youf(f, youft
variants of yowf, yuft.